Fence



(No Model.)

J. W. RIGG.

FENCE. No. 286,487. Pag med 001;.9, 1883.

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UNITED STATES JAMES W. RIGG, OF MOUNT CARMEL PRECINCT, ILLINOIS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 286,487, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed June 9,1883. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES WV. Bree, of Mount Carmel precinct, in the county of 7abash and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Fence, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide an improved fence of simple, cheap, and substantial construction, and one whichmay readily be made, set up, removed, and repaired.

The invention consists of the combinations and arrangements of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1' is a perspective view of a section of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the headconnections of the side braces. Fig. 3 is alike view of the foot or ground connections of the side braces, and Fig. 4 is a partly-broken side elevation of the end joint of the top. rails and adjacent parts.

I propose to construct the fence in sections or panels of convenient length for handling, and of top rails, a, bottom rails, I), end uprights or posts, 0 d, and one or more intermediate posts, 6, which panel-frame I secure at the cross-joints by pins, nails, or screws in any suitable manner; and for intermediate rails I may use wood or metal bars or slats of any approved form; but for lightness of structure and appearance, and for presenting smaller surface to the wind, I prefer to use the rods or wires f, which I shall secure to the uprights 0 d by staples g or otherwise, and the wires f may be barbed or plain, as desired.

To adapt the panel-sectionstobe easily j oined to make a fence of a portable character which may readily be disjointed for removal, but which shall be equally serviceable as a perma nent structure, I extend the rails to b beyond the side or edge of upright c, to lapjupon the face of the upright d, which extends edgewise beyond the ends of the rails, to which it is secured for that purpose, and so that the abutting joint of the rail ends shall come about centrally upon the face of post (1, as in Figs. 1

and 4; and to support the adjacent or joining ends of the fence-panels above the ground, to better preserve the fence from decay by asingle ground-block, h, for the meeting ends of both panels, I box or halve the rails together by forming the lower project-ion, 'i, of the abutting rail-joint on the rail of the panel which rests on the groundblock, so as to come beneath the upper half, ofthe rail of the adjacent fence-section.

It will be understood that both upper and lower rails, a b, may be lap-jointed together for support of one panel-section by the other on a single ground-block; but in this instance I have so jointed the upper rails, a, only, and so that the ground-block h rests beneath the end post or upright c, to whichl fit the block by a stout dowel-pin, 7:, (shown dotted in Fig. 1;) and to lock the fence-panels sidewise and in line with each other I employ the blocks or cleats a b, fixed to the rails a b to overlap their abutting joints, as in Fig. 1.

- To afford a substantial sidewise brace to the whole fence both ways by braces erected at one side only of the fence, I provide braces Z, beveled at both ends, and having at the top the firmlyfixed lock-plate m, which is bent at about right angles with the bevel of the end of the brace, passesthrough the aperture n of the post 0, andprojects from the opposite side of the post sufiicient-ly to receive the lockingkey 0, which passes through an aperture of the bent-over portion in of the plate at in a manner to draw the beveled end of the brace firmly to the face of the upright, and at the foot of the brac'e I secure by any suitable pin or other fastening the yoke-plate or clevis 1, through which the stake s is driven firmly into the ground. This stake s, I prefer to make in wedge form, so as to tighten against the beveled end of brace land yoke-clevis r in a manner to prevent any rise of the foot of the brace, and hold it firmly in place.

It is evident that an upwardly-bent hook of plate m, to take against the back of the post 0 or (Z, may be substituted for the key 0,- but the use of the key is preferred, as it affords a means of taking up any slackness of the joint of the brace with the fence, and prevents all noisy shaking or rattle of the joints of the fence.

the rails a b, projected past post 0 and but partly across post d, said rails a or a I) being butt-j ointed in a manner to support the adjacent ends of two fence-panels from a single block, h, and the plates at Z), the former, a, being fastened to the rail a, and the latter, I), to the rail 1) opposite to the post d; and projecting past the notches of the rails to 11, substantially 20 as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a fence, of panel-sections a b c d with intermediate posts and rails, as described, the lock-joint 43 j, plates to b, ground-plates a, pins 7c, braces Zm 1*, key 0, 25 and ground-stake s, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES W. RIGGr.v

Witnesses:

E. F. BEALL, WM. H. HUGHES. 

